Although we try to always mention both, it is possible that in some places references to the keyboard shortcuts refer to Mac keystrokes instead of giving both Mac and Windows versions.

Since Mac Cmd already maps to the Windows Ctrl, the Mac Ctrl shortcuts have no simple Windows equivalent; we map the Mac Ctrl shortcuts to Ctrl+Alt+Shift combination on Windows. As pressing 3 keys is uncomfortable, we try to avoid using the Mac Ctrl shortcut for this reason, but there are a few such shortcuts.

The table below lists Mac keyboard shortcuts. Please see Keyboard and Mac Win above for information on differences in shortcuts on macOS and Windows. For example, the Import > Artwork… command has CtrlD shortcut on Mac and CtrlAltShiftD on Windows.

Mac Shortcut

Description

Cmd,

Preferences

CmdH

Hide FontLab VI

AltCmdH

Hide Others

CmdQ

Quit FontLab VI

CmdN

New Font…

CmdO

Open Fonts…

ShiftCmdO

Open > Font Folder…

AltShiftCmdO

Open > Installed Fonts…

CmdF12

Revert > Font

CmdS

Save Font…

ShiftCmdS

Save Font As…

CmdE

Export Font As

CtrlD

Import > Artwork…

AltCtrlF

Font Info…

CmdZ

Undo

ShiftCmdZ

Redo

CmdX

Cut

CmdC

Copy

AltCmdC

Copy Layer

Backspace

Delete

CmdV

Paste

CmdD

Duplicate

CmdA

Select All

CmdI

Invert Selection

AltCmdV

Paste Special…

ShiftCmdV

Paste Element

AltCmdE

Edit Across Glyphs

CmdF

Find Glyphs…

CtrlF

Find Outline…

CmdL

List Related Glyphs…

]

Next in Text

[

Previous in Text

Ctrl]

Next Line

Ctrl[

Previous Line

CmdPage Down

Next Phrase

CmdPage Up

Previous Previous

AltCmdG

Generate Glyphs…

AltCmdM

Update Metrics

ShiftCmdD

Duplicate Glyph

Cmd]

Next Glyph

Cmd[

Previous Glyph

ShiftCmdN

Add Layer…

Alt.

Next Layer

Alt,

Previous Layer

CtrlR

Add Anchor

ShiftCmdW

Add Power Guides

ShiftCmdE

Create Overlaps

CtrlS

New Element

CtrlI

Add Element Reference…

CtrlL

Locked

CtrlE

Edit Element

AltCmdU

Unlink References

CtrlP

Place As Glyphs > Current Element…

++Shift+Cmd+BracketRight

Arrange > Bring to Front

++Alt+Cmd+BracketRight

Arrange > Bring Forward

++Shift+Cmd+BracketLeft

Arrange > Send to Back

++Alt+Cmd+BracketLeft

Arrange > Send Backward

CmdG

Group

++Shift+Cmd+G

Ungroup

>

Next Element

<

Previous Element

CtrlC

Combine Contours to Element

ShiftCmdA

Glue Selection

CtrlB

Make Power Brush

++Ctrl+Cmd+U

Expand Filters

CtrlN

New Pin

CtrlT

New Sticker

H

Preview Rounding

ShiftC

Power Nudge

AltCmdX

X-Servant

AltCmdY

Y-Servant

ShiftCmd3

To PS Curves

ShiftCmd2

To TT Curves

++Shift+Cmd+B

Unlink Corners

++Shift+Cmd+O

Make Overlap

CmdB

Break

CmdJ

Join

|

Align

AltCmdL

Edit Tunni Lines

AltCmdA

Add Smart Corner

AltCmdI

Reverse Contour

AltCmdB

Simplify

AltCmdJ

Nodes at Extremes

CmdF10

Remove Overlap

CmdT

Free Transform

W

Transform > Flip Horizontal

E

Transform > Flip Vertical

CtrlH

Edit Mask

CmdM

Copy Outline to Mask

CtrlAltH

Swap Outline with Mask

CmdK

Clear Mask

ShiftCmdM

Copy Outline to Global Mask

ShiftCmdK

Clear Global Mask

CtrlX

Add Horizontal Hint

CtrlY

Add Vertical Hint

F7

Autohinting

ShiftF7

Remove Hints

ShiftCmdF7

TrueType Hinting

CtrlA

Rewind > Record

CtrlV

Rewind > Rewind

CtrlB

Rewind > Fast Forward

Cmd+

Zoom In

Cmd-

Zoom Out

Cmd0

Fit Content on Screen

Cmd9

Fit Text on Screen

Cmd1

Actual Text Size

Cmd2

Zoom 50%

Cmd3

Zoom 100%

Cmd6

Zoom 200%

Cmd7

Zoom 400%

Cmd5

Zoom 1:1px

CmdR

Rulers

ShiftCmdU

Suggest Nodes

Cmd;

Glyph Guides

ShiftCmd;

Font Guides

L

Tunni Lines

CtrlAltC

Coordinates

ShiftCmdF

FontAudit

Cmd'

Grid

ShiftCmdH

Hints

CtrlAltN

Nodes

AltCmd'

Snap > Outline

CmdF9

Snap > Guides

ShiftCmdF9

Snap > Font Guides

ShiftCmd'

Snap > Grid

AltCmd;

Lock > Glyph Guides

AltShiftCmd;

Lock > Font Guides

ShiftCmdR

Element Frame

ShiftSpace

True Fill

\

Apply Italic Angle

AltShiftCmdM

New Metrics Tab

AltShiftCmdK

New Kerning Tab

AltCmdP

Preview panel

AltCmdT

Transform panel

Cmd`

Next Window

ShiftCmd`

Previous Window

CmdW

Close Window

ShiftCmdP

Commands

Of all the shortcuts listed above, Nodes and Coordinates are Mac-only shortcuts, and cannot be translated to Windows.